वाराहावतारः (भूम्युद्धारः) — Varāha, the Raising of the Earth and the Recommencement of Creation
ततः समुत्क्षिप्य धरां स्वदंष्ट्रया महावराहः स्फुटपद्मलोचनः रसातलाद् उत्पलपत्रसंनिभः समुत्थितो नील इवाचलो महान्
tataḥ samutkṣipya dharāṃ svadaṃṣṭrayā mahāvarāhaḥ sphuṭapadmalocanaḥ rasātalād utpalapatrasaṃnibhaḥ samutthito nīla ivācalo mahān
ثم إنّ الخنزيرَ العظيم—ذو العينين الصافيتين كزهرتي لوتس متفتحتين—رفع الأرض على نابِه. ونهض من رساتلا داكنَ اللون كبتلة اللوتس الأزرق، كأنه جبلٌ أزرق عظيم يندفع من الأعماق.
Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)
It portrays Vishnu’s preserving power: when the Earth is displaced into the depths, the Lord incarnates as Varaha to restore cosmic stability and dharma by raising Bhumi back to her proper place.
Parāśara describes a theophany that is both tender and immense—lotus-eyed and mountain-like—showing that the Supreme Being can assume a tangible form to accomplish universal protection.
Vishnu is presented as the sovereign sustainer whose avatara is not merely symbolic: His embodied action restores the world-order, reflecting Vaishnava teachings of divine guardianship over creation.